MEETING - CULTURE AND URBAN PLANNING. A GENTRIFICATION INEVITABLE?
As part of the project U-ZN lead by L’
Usine, U.E.C.A and
ARTfactories/Autre(s)pARTs worked together on setting days of
discussion about the place of the culture in the urban
planning.
"U.ZN" is a big project from the 26th of august to the 8th of october wich the aims are to show some activities from l’Usine outside the building and to give some places to other organisations working in social and cultural domains. theyalso want to organize meeting on social and economic transfers in the 21th century cities.
A building, a factory, a city
A geneva, a suiss, a european context
A project with culture, architecture, urban planning,and politic !
It is a great honor for us to invit you for this time of sharing and dicussion about culture, gentrification and urban segregation in Europe. The meeting will take place in L’usine in Geneva the 28th and 29th of september 2011.
U.ZN - Teaser from Projet UZN on Vimeo.
PROGRAM
WENESDAY 28th SEPTEMBER
13h Welcome of the participants
14h Introduction : Gentrification, a European problem ?
16h Workshops :"Cultural fallow areas" and gentrification : the role of the artists
18h30 Aperitif - Video projections
THURSDAY 29th SEPTEMBER
9h30 Welcome of the participants
10h Workshops :
14h Plenary discussion
18h Public debate
(Important : all the discussion will be in french)
REGISTRATION FORM (free of charges)
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Practical informations:
Usine
4, Place des Volontaires
1204 Genève
Tél : 0041 22 781 34 90
From the train station Cornavin, take the tram 13 or 15 to « Stand » (2 stop) then folow the river (the Rhône) to lʼUsine or walk from the station to the city center- plainpalais and then following the river - 15 minutes.
Accomodation:
Hotel Cornavin 100 Euros
Contact :
Albane Schlechten - Usine
Mobile : 0041 78 813 34 66
albane(at)ueca.ch
Bahija Kibou - ARTfactories/Autre(s)pARTs
Mobile : 0033(0)6 69 55 30 40
communication(at)artfactories.net